Chris Satullo: How Local Media Can Regain Trust
Trust in local journalism will be built on new models of engagement with the audience. Photo Courtesy of Free Press Here’s a news flash: Journalism is in trouble. The business models that once...
View ArticleArtPride NJ: Mapping the needs of a strong arts ecosystem in New Jersey
On May 11, thought leaders from within and outside New Jersey’s arts community gathered at Express Newark to discuss trends and conditions affecting New Jersey artists and the future of support for...
View ArticleCivic Info Bill would create fund to spark local journalism projects
What would happen if you had the chance to reinvent local reporting? A bill was introduced in the state Legislature earlier this month that would create a fund to promote local journalism projects,...
View ArticleSustainable Jersey: Making sustainability change stick
Sustainable Jersey Regional Hubs meet to advance collective leadership What drew leaders from Sustainable Jersey’s Regional Hubs to an indoors five-hour gathering on a recent beautiful fall Saturday?...
View ArticleCommunity and Complexity: Investing in Nuance, Building Trust and Engaged...
Image via Unsplash As part of research for Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation exploring how philanthropy can support diverse, inclusive newsrooms, I visited local newsrooms, interviewed experts and...
View ArticleSustainability ingredients: Innovation, persistence, partnerships, and...
Sustainable Jersey 2017 special awards announced This week, Sustainable Jersey celebrated the 82 municipalities, from 18 New Jersey counties, that achieved the Sustainable Jersey certification in...
View ArticleInvest in inclusive innovation: Building shared language in community
“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.” – Toni Morrison As part of research for Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation exploring how philanthropy can support diverse, inclusive newsrooms, I...
View ArticleSustainable Jersey: Artists and creative powerhouses roll up their sleeves to...
What are the unique qualities that make your community feel like a vibrant place to live? In Frenchtown, a volunteer group set out to document and map the creative people, places, events, businesses,...
View ArticleConfronting plastic pollution, creating equitable communities and mapping...
2018 New Jersey Sustainability Summit is June 18 Although the sustainability movement in New Jersey is experiencing significant momentum, important work is still on the horizon. There is perhaps no...
View ArticleJoin us Tuesday for our Grantee Call for a conversation about our new vision
Two weeks ago, we shared with you our strategic plan and new vision for an equitable New Jersey through creative, engaged, sustainable communities. Join us at 2 p.m. Tuesday for a conversation about...
View ArticleCreative New Jersey Kickstarts Community Collaboration and Trust
“How can we provide our youth with safe places for creative expression?” “How can we encourage young professionals to live, work, and raise families here?” These and dozens of other questions have...
View ArticleSustainable Jersey: Few thought it was possible — let’s do it again
Sustainable Jersey celebrates progress and envisions the future Sustainable Jersey’s 2019 Sustainability Summit and 10th anniversary celebration drew over 650 change-makers from across New Jersey who...
View ArticleMaking tough decisions with no road map
Responding to the Current Moment Given that most nonprofits focus on bringing people together, the rapidly changing circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic and rapid decisions being made by...
View ArticleNewark needs info: A digital conversation
By Brit Harley, WBGO and Mike Rispoli, Free Press To say that things are different right now in New Jersey is an understatement. The way we do school, food, work and community has shifted dramatically...
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